Yes, I’m supposed to be working. I was just having a cigarette (and still need to cut down some more) and thinking about a title for a thing, and my brain alighted on “Sleeping Gas.” Where did that come from, I asked my brain. It was a Teardrop Explodes b-side on a white-label 12″ issue of something or other by them that I bought in the 80s from the record shop in Rayleigh high street. It was on the b-side next to “Tiny Children.” Which I loved. I suspect I loved it more than whatever was on the a-side. This is a thing that often happened to me.

Like, I used to play this to people while hiding the sleeve and asking them to tell me who they thought it was. Obviously, I can’t do that here with a YouTube embed, but, seriously, it did not sound like them — until right at the end.

This was the b-side of “Running Up That Hill.” I had a girlfriend at the time who I strongly associated this with, and it still makes me think of her and smile.

A recent AMBIENT ATOMIC ORBITALS podcast. “Just lush ambient with the odd drone thrown in for good measure. Maybe a couple of curve balls too.” Doing this embed by hand until I figure a better way of logging podcasts I like.